Look away now: Sarkozy turns aside from Cameron who has his hand outstretched as if ready to shake

Cameron saves face by giving the French president a seemingly friendly - if awkward - pat on the arm

Cold shoulder: Sarkozy waves enthusiastically to someone - anyone - on his right as Cameron carries on past...

... head held high and a pained smile firmly in place

Mr Sarkozy's snub came after
all-night talks in which the leaders of the 17 countries that
use the euro, plus six others, agreed to a new treaty enforcing
stricter budget rules seen as crucial to solving Europe's debt crisis.

Efforts by Germany and France to
persuade all 27 EU countries to agree to treaty changes failed, in large
part because of Mr Cameron's refusal to give up some of Britain's
powers.

Mr Sarkozy laid the blame for the failure squarely at Mr Cameron's feet.

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Speaking shortly before dawn, after what he called a 'difficult' night, he said: 'David Cameron made a proposal that
seemed to us unacceptable, a protocol to the treaty that would have
exonerated the United Kingdom from a great number of financial service
regulations.'

Mr Cameron defended his stance.

'What was on offer is not in Britain's interest so I didn't agree to it,' he told reporters in Brussels.

What was that all about? Cameron appears to be quizzing a sheepish President Sarkozy as they finally shake hands at a photocall to mark Croatia's signing of an EU accession treaty